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Metro of tije XlVeli. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, October 16, 1886. 
Reports from different sections of Berks 
and neighboring counties iu Pennsylvania in¬ 
dicate widespread damage by drought, which 
is the severest for over twenty years. 
.The condemned Chicago Anarchists are 
sentenced to be hung on Dec. 8. Money is 
being raised to carry their case to the 
Supreme Court of Illinois, and even to the 
U. S. Supreme Court if necessary. The K. of 
L. are reported to be disposed to take action 
in their behalf. Other Anarchists still at lib¬ 
erty are violent in their denunciations of the 
sentence and in their threats against the Judge 
who presided at the trial, the lawyers who 
prosecuted the malefactors, the witnesses who 
testified against them, and the jury who 
brought them in guilty. Tills violence is in¬ 
juring any chauces the condemned may 
have.After all, it appears by 
the latest report that Geromino and his band 
surrendered unconditionally as prisoners of 
war, and were distinctly told they must trust 
for clemency to the President. Arizonians 
warmly praise Miles—Next report! . 
.After all, it seems by latest accounts, 
that a draft of a treaty between this country 
and the British Empire, including Canada, 
was submitted to the Dominion Government 
several weeks ago, and over 40 objections 
were made to it, chiefly on account of the 
articles mentioned iu the free list. Canadians 
have invested over £10,060,000 iu manufactur¬ 
ing woolen and other fabrics, and a great deal 
in agricultural machinery works, and they 
can’t compete with this country iu auy of 
these industries: hence they crave “protec¬ 
tion.”.The other day Captain Quigley, 
of the Canadian cruiser Terror, hauled down 
the American flag on the schooner Marion 
Grimes after the captain had hoisted it a sec¬ 
ond time in face of a caution uot to do so. The 
vessel had been seized for alleged smuggling 
and was in Canadiau custody’. Our cutter 
Corwin on seiziug the British sealing vessels 
in Alaskan waters, at once hauled down the 
British colors. Captain Quigley’s over-zeal, 
however, is to be officially reprimanded. 
Much spread-eagle bluster about the Stars and 
Stripes Too much “big-bead” all around. 
.The Standard Oil Company, 
Wednesday, absorbed the Raccoon Oil Com¬ 
pany and its 7,000 acres of oil and gas terri¬ 
tory at Shamokin, Pa., together with several 
large oil works—amount involved $2,000,000. 
The S. O. Co. will soon have a complete mo- 
noply of tho oil business iu the country. The 
Cotton Oil Trust Company, the great Southern 
monopoly, is run on the same monopolizing 
principles, and, it is said, by the same men... 
.Governor Warren, of W yoming Terri¬ 
tory, dolefully complains that immigration is 
very seriously checked there by the efforts of 
the Land Office to prevent dishonest appropri¬ 
ations of the public domain by the cattle kings, 
land syndicates, etc. Secretary Lauiar says 
land entries there amounted to 3,512 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30 last, against 2,923 
for the preceding year..Governor Stev¬ 
enson, of Idaho, says that during the year the 
Territory has rapidly increased in wealth and 
population—crops and mining good. Apples, 
peaches, pears, nectarines, apricots, plums, 
prunes, grapes and all of the small fruits are 
produced in great abundance and of a quality 
unsurpassed. Chinese labor is one of the 
greatest evils .Over 20,000 cigar 
makers on strike or locked out iu Cuba. High¬ 
way robberies and assassinations of daily oc¬ 
currence. Open violence feared.The 
eleventh annual convention of the mutual ben¬ 
efit associations of America will be held in St. 
Louis on October 19, 20, 21 and 22, for the pur¬ 
pose of remedying abuses, affordiug mutual 
protection against fraud, and establishing a 
correctstandard of rates.Commissioner 
Colmau is experimenting with silk reeling ma¬ 
chinery.Headquarters of the Depart¬ 
ment of Dakota have been changed from Port 
Snelling, Minu., to at. Paul, same State, about 
six miles.A new Board to decide ap¬ 
peals from the decisions of the Commissioners 
of Pensions is to be established at Washington. 
.. The baseball season closed last week. The in¬ 
terest in the game has been greater than ever. 
In the League Chicago again won with De¬ 
troit a close second, and New York third. 
But for several accidents to players the De- 
troits would undoubtedly have won. The 
New Yorks disappointed their patrons. The 
club has played in a lazy, half-hearted 
fashion. In the ris'al organization, the Asso 
ciation, St. Louis again won easily. It is 
generally thought that the St. Louis club is 
the strongest baseball aggregation ever 
brought together. A series of games between 
Chicago and St. Louis has been arranged. 
.N. M. Neeld, .a partner in the well- 
known pork-packing firm of J. C. Ferguson & 
Co., Chicago, has joined the crowd of other 
dishonest rascals in Canada. He raised $400,- 
000 on bogus receipts for pork, meat and lard, 
supposed to be stored in ware-houses. The 
amount there was worth much less; and what 
there was he sold a week before his flight to 
different people over and over again, and got 
the money. Has burst up his firm, capital 
$200,000. Loss will be couflned to the banks 
that trusted the scoundrel, who lost most of 
the boodle iu speculation.A cliff of “ as 
good glass as auy ever made” has been discov¬ 
ered in the Yellowstone Park, half a mile 
long and from 154 to 200 feet high—au obsid¬ 
ian variety of volcanic lava ... .Queen Regent 
Christina of Spain has signed a decree liberat¬ 
ing all the slaves in Cuba. The first move to¬ 
ward abolition was made by a law in 1869, 
which provided for the conditional liberation 
of certain classes. The law of 1879 freed at 
once all slaves 55 years old and over, and was 
gradual in its action, all bondsmen between 
35 and 40 to be freed tills year, while complete 
emancipation should take place in 1890, so that 
this decree anticipates by four years the date 
of general emancipation. The owners 
have received from the Spanish Treasury the 
liberal recompense of $350 for each slave. 
About Manistee, Mich., an oil fever, similar 
to the craze formerly common iu Pa. is rag¬ 
ing violently. While sinking a well for salt, 
R. G. Pellars, about 10 days ago, struck a 600- 
barrel-a-day flowing petroleum well “at a 
depth of several hundred feet.” Land has 
gone up with a rush; speculators flocking iu; 
operations on an extended scale begun. 
.The 1,000 delegates of the Knights of 
Labor talked all the past week' also, and 
haven't finished yet. The Home Cub of this 
city—the faction antagonizing trades unions, 
and the “machine” of tho organization—has 
gained the ascendency, having elected a ma¬ 
jority of the executive officers—Powderly, as 
Chief Master Workman among them—aud in¬ 
creased their terms from one to two years. 
Much clap-trap talk, as if they really repre¬ 
sented all the toilers in the couutry. Their 
expenses are $5,000 a day; their parade cost 
$5,000; tho organization pays for it all. 
Catholic Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati pro¬ 
poses to pay a part of the $4,000,000 Archbish¬ 
op Purcell, his predecessor, together with his 
brother, Rev. Edward Purcell, lost some years 
ago in very reckless and wickedly foolish fash¬ 
ion, after the money had been intrusted to 
their care by the Catholics of the diocese— 
chiefly poor, credulous Irish. He lent much of 
it at six per cent., without security, and lost 
of course. Churches and schools were built 
in whole or part with some of it; and the cred¬ 
itors insist that these should be sold to partial¬ 
ly pay the indebtedness. The Archbishop 
won’t do this; and the creditors still grumble. 
.Colonel Orlando B. Wilcox, 
12th Infantry, has been made Brigadier-Gen¬ 
eral, vice J. H. Potter, retired—a good old 
soldier.A terrible storm Tuesday night did 
a world of damage along the Gulf coast, espec¬ 
ially in La. and Texas. Sabine City, a small 
village at the junction of Louisiana and Texas, 
has been swept away by high tide driven in 
from tbe Gulf and consequent back water 
from the Sabine and Neelies Rivers. Only 
two houses left standing and over 100 persons 
drowned—nearly the eutire resident popula¬ 
tion—55 colored. Tho settlement of Bayou 
Johnson, La, was completely submerged, and 
over 26 persons were drowned. Nearly the 
whole La. and Texas coast is only a few feet 
above high water, and on most of it the water 
rose 10 to 12 feet. Vast numbers of cattle and 
hogs feeding iu the swampy lands were 
drowned. Mauy isolated families, colored, 
creole and poor whites, must have perished. 
Loss in Plaquemine Parish, La., alone, 
over $500,000. Galveston and all the other 
sea coast Texas cities suffered severely. 
...About Sunday another storm 
developed in Utah aud moved east, and still 
another in tbe extreme Northwest, moving 
south. Wednesday all three reached the 
Mississippi Valley where they were abreast. 
Wednesday night they seemed to have 
bunched their forces near Davenport, la., and 
a mighty storm moved eastward doing an 
enormous amount of damage in Chicago, 
Detroit, Milwaukee and all the intermediate 
country. Then it swept on to the lakes where 
it is supposed to have wrecked many vessels, 
Toledo, Cleveland, and other lake cities suf¬ 
fered greatly; but Buffalo at the end of lake 
Erie, has been most greviously afflicted. The 
driven waters piled up many feet, wrecked 
the low part of the town, while the hurricane 
knocked down unstable buildings aud did a 
great deal of other damage. Mix lives known 
to have been lost there, and several at Detroit 
aud other places. The track of the hurricane 
is lost this morning, as all the telegraph wires 
are down; but it supposed to be raging along 
the St. Lawrence Valley , especially iu Can¬ 
ada . 
.., .The boodle aldermen of this city are likely 
to find out that Broadway bribery leads to 
Siug-Sing. Here is the present status of the 
Board of Aldermen of 1884: 
In Canada—Henry L. Snyles, Charles Dempsey, Rob¬ 
ert E. De l.ncey. 
In Germany—Thomas Rothman 
On the way there—Rudolph A. Fullgrnff. 
Iu Sing Sing—TIenry W. Jaehne. 
Dead—Michael F. McLoughlin, Patrick Kenny. 
Innocent—Hugh .1. Grant, John C. O’Connor, jr. 
Out ou $40,000 ball—Thomas Cleary, Michael DulTy, 
William P. Kirk, Arthur J. MeQuade. Francis McCabe 
Pat rick Farley, William .11. Miller, John O’ Nell. Charles 
IT. Reilly, Thomas Shells, Frederick Fink, Louis Wen- 
del, James Pearson. 
In the House of Detention for Witnesses.—Charles B. 
Waite. 
Sayles out on bale of $25,000, was to be tried 
last Monday, but fled to Canada, and his 
brother, bis bondsman, at once transferred 
all his property. Tho bail is forfeited, but 
there’s nothing to seize upon. The courts are 
constitutionally obliged to release a prisoner 
on reasonable bail, except in capital cases; but 
the bondsman can transfer all his property five 
minutes after he lias gone bail. The other 
boodlers who were out on $25,000 bail were re- 
arrested, and $40,000 bail was required. All 
have given it, but why can’t their bondsmen 
do as did Sayles’ brother? The bribers also 
are likely to be indicted soon... 
.A great, fire at Eastport. Me., yesterday, 
destroyed hotels, factories, government build¬ 
ings, insurance records, many stores and dwell¬ 
ings, etc. Loss now estimated at $500,000.... 
.... Great strike of railroad switchmen is 
blocking all freight business at Minneapolis. 
Five mills already shut down for want, of 
wheat; others to follow if strike continues. 
Much loss and inconvenience to farmers and 
others along the railroad fines as transporta¬ 
tion of goods is entirely suspended. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, Oct. 16,1886. 
The Bulgarian embroglio still “holds tbe 
field” in European iuterest, aud is tbe only 
complication of real interest to agricultural 
America, as the prices of our agricultural pro¬ 
ducts can be seriously affected by the outcome. 
The elections for members of the Great 
Sobranje, which is to elect a successor to 
Alexander, has resulted in au overwhelming 
victory for the government, aud a humiliat¬ 
ing defeat for the adherents of Russia. As a 
result. Russia is said to have informed the 
Powers that, the immediate occupation of 
Bulgaria is necessary, and has tried to effect a 
combination of France and Turkey against 
England and Austria, one of the terms of 
which was to be the occupation of Egypt by a 
Turkish garrison uuder a French general. 
This combination is said to have failed. Aus¬ 
tria insists no election of a Prince must take 
place till the Powers have agreed upon the 
man, so that Bulgaria will merely have to en¬ 
dorse their decision... 
Meanwhile tho general aspect of affairs in Eu¬ 
rope is anything hut peaceable. In Germany, 
France, Austrin-Hnugary and Italy the gov¬ 
ernment arsenals and manufactories are run¬ 
ning day and night to convert, army rifles 
into repeaters of the most improved and deadly 
fashion. Boulanger has secured an appropria¬ 
tion of $25,000,000 for tbe manufacture of vast 
bombs to hurl shells containing a new explo¬ 
sive the composition of which is a State secret.; 
but which, it is claimed, is more terribly de¬ 
structive than any hitherto discovered. IVhole 
regiments are to be destroyed by single dis¬ 
charges. Germauy is straining every nerve 
to keep ahead or abreast of France. Never 
was the latter in better condition for war. 
She can put 3,000,090 trained troops iuto the 
field armed with guns of destructive 
power, and tremendously encouraged, if 
uot inflated, by Boulangers words, actions and 
untiring euergy. It is doubtful whether her 
fleet is not a match for that of England. She 
seems aching for a fight. The other great 
powers, however, especially Germany, are 
just as well prepared, except Euglaml, whose 
army is almost insignificant iu numbers; and 
about the efficiency of whose fleet grave doubts 
have just liecu published by Admiral Lord 
Seymour aud other naval authorities, na¬ 
tive and foreign. There is no peace 
in Europe—merely an armed truce. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, Oct. 16, 1886. 
Germany has prohibited the importation of 
poultry from Russia. Chicken cholera has 
liecn spread from previous importations. 
Au English fanner has boon fined $25 and 
costs for keeping 150 sheep throe days on a 
worn-out pasture without, food-No contag¬ 
ious pleuro-pncumonia iu Canada—it is claimed. 
_Nothing yet. done with the quaran¬ 
tined cattle at Chicago. Disease supposed to 
bo in several other herds besides those at. tho 
distilleries. Great fear that it will spread, as 
farmers aud graziers are foolishly buying dairy 
aud beef stock in the Chicago market aud 
spreading them over the country. The dila¬ 
toriness of the authorities is greatly injuring 
the live stock trade of tho city, and unless 
amended promptly is likely to damage it for 
years.About 20,000 meat packers are out 
on a strike for eight hours’ work a day at Chi¬ 
cago. They are all pork-butchers except 1,200 
beef-butchers employed by Armour, against 
whom the feeling is most bitter. Over 400 
armed Pinkerton detectives are guarding the 
paekeries; but no violence has hitherto been 
attempted. Two delegates were sent by the 
Knights of Labor from Richmond to try to 
compromise, but tho packers i-efuse to treat 
with them as a body; and in any case insist on 
tho right to manage their own business. The 
beef-packers in tbe 21 other paekeries will 
probably strike on Monday. Tho Ivnights of 
Labor threaten to boycott Armour’s goods 
throughout the country. Both sides very ob¬ 
stinate, strike likely to last two or three weeks 
or more. Packers offering large inducements 
to men from other places. Armour has 61)0, 
aud will begin to work when he cau get more. 
Serious rioting likely if scabs are employed. . 
.Prices of hides low—100,000 foreign 
sold last, week in Boston.Freight on five 
cattle across the Atlantic now ranges from $7 
to $10 per bullock, and insurance rates are 
three per cent ...... The latest. London cable¬ 
gram reports American cattle better in Eng¬ 
lish markets at 13 cents per pound estimated 
dressed weight. The trade is very dull, how¬ 
ever, as European markets are overstocked. . 
.Boston exported to England last week 
959 live cattle aud 2,702 quarters of beef. 
_In conducting public sales in England the 
auctioneer inverts a sand glass at each bid, 
and if another bid is uot made before the sand 
runs out, the animal is knocked off to the last 
bidder.Less transfers of range stock 
have been made within the present year than 
for some years. Range marketing has been 
unsatisfactory and investments correspond¬ 
ingly unattractive.Oleomargarine 
stamps, now being printed, must be used after 
November 1..The recent heavy 
storms iu the gulf have caused a loss of over 
$200,000 to the rice growers of the Lower Miss 
issippi by blowing the water inland, inundat¬ 
ing the small rice farms five or six feet and 
washing away the stacks of rice, which had 
been au unusually' good crop this year. 
.A contagious disease among horses 
about Canton, Ill., “like contagious pleuro¬ 
pneumonia among cattle”—a “complication 
of catarrhal fever ami influenza,” that ends 
generally iu death .Michael F. Battelle, of 
Minnesota, has beeu appointed Register of the 
Land Office, at Fargo, Dakota. 
.Most extensive and destructive prairie 
fires ever known are sweeping over the prai¬ 
ries in the Indian Territory. Millions of acres 
of splendid pastures, a charred waste. Large 
numbers of cattle burned to death. Immense 
amounts of haled and loose hay intended for 
winter feed, destroyed. Area burnt extends 
from Vinita on the north, to Muskogee on 
the south, aud ou either side of tbe Missouri, 
Kansas and Texas Railroad as far as the eye 
can see......The Louisiana and Federal 
Governments are to divide the expense 
($100,000) to close the Morganza crevasse, two 
miles wide, the largest break in the La. levels, 
by which over 3, 00 (),u00 acres of fertile land 
have been inundated for over two years. 
... .Detectives acting under orders from State 
Inspector Newton of New Jersey, have been 
quietly securing evidence in relation to the 
sale of oleomargarine iu New Bruuswick. 
The other uight they made a raid aud secured 
conclusive proof agniust. over 20 dealers. 
.Average price for Colorado wool the 
season 18 cents, clip 1,000,009 pounds more 
than that of last year.That cot¬ 
ton-picking machine tested last Wednesday on 
a cotton field near Sumter, S. C., picked cot¬ 
ton at the rate of 180 pounds per hour, with¬ 
out injuring the bolls or plants. The general 
opinion of those present is that the machine is 
correct in its principle, does fairly good work 
now, and can be made completely successful.. 
The Land Court constituted under the 
Scotch Crofters Act has been opened at Dor- 
nooh, Sutherlnndshire. On the opening day 
about 100 persons applied to the eouittofix 
their rents.The Department of Agri¬ 
culture estimates the supply of hogs for mar¬ 
keting the coming W inter at seven per cent, 
below the number available last Winter. The 
Cincinnati Brice Current places the reduction 
at. 10 per cent.Robert L. Green, Demo¬ 
cratic candidate for governor of New Jersey, 
as member of Congress voted against the 
Oleomargarine Bill. How many farmers will 
remember the act against lnui at. tho polls?.. 
.The Commissioner of Agriculture is 
about to issue a circular to all dairymen aud 
officers of agricultural societies requesting 
them to send to the Department of Agriculture 
monthly statements of tho production of milk, 
butter and cheese, and urging them to take 
especial pains to secure accuracy in these re¬ 
ports, so that the Department may be eu- 
